Listening to this book, I became convinced that the 80's movie After Hours- an up-all-night hapless-hero surrealistic adventure- was based on this book, despite the 70-year time difference.

This book is a crazy mix of 1001 Arabian Nights (stories within stories), George Ade's Fables in Slang ("She turned her Liquid Orbs on him and had him to the Bad."), and After Hours. As you listen, you can be sure that whatever comes next is going to be neither probable nor even likely, but certainly exciting. Madcap thrills and contretemps are interspersed with, like a musical chorus, outlandish tales told by wildly various characters.

An added attraction is the all-walks-of-life look at 1900-10's New York. Overall, very enjoyable. The reader was great. A little flat in tone, but I thought it highlighted the wry humor of the piece very well.

An amusing and fun book. Most of the readers did a good job of it. Thanks!

John Fenton (or is that his real name?) has had an unusual upbringing. He runs away twice from guardians who mistreat him. As an adult he has tried to live a good life, until one fateful day when the woman of his dreams, whom he has always felt drawn to, comes into his life. He is then tossed into a whirlwind of adventure, involving a gang of thieves, a bag of jewels, and people from all walks of life.

The number of coincidences is a bit of a stretch, but the story is amusing. I found myself wondering what could possibly happen next!

Reading was pretty good. All in all, a good tale. Enjoy!